Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

know?’ Even though we have accreditation and we have … some discussions about what constitutes a good engineer, 12 it’s very skill-focused. And we haven’t really asked some of the questions that we should be asking. What do engineers need to know now? What do we need to know in order to plan the future? And to recognize that the choices that we are making have an impact on what kinds of technology are going to be available in twenty years.These are radical ideas in engineering education. While it is not typical to challenge the canon,perhaps by injecting new ways of thinking about modes of teaching/learning, creative responseswill arise to meet contemporary

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(Spring 2007), only a traditional lecture format is beingoffered; in the subsequent trial planned (Fall 2007), only a directed problem solving version willbe offered. This should effectively decouple course format choice as well as any latent effects ofon-line lecture availability from the exam performance results recorded. A more detailed analysis of how the Index of Learning Styles survey influenced students’course format choices, relative to the guidelines we provided, as well as how those choices (or“non-choices”) may have impacted their exam performance would also be enlightening.Convincing students to make an active choice of course format (given this relatively uniqueopportunity offered to them in the computer engineering curriculum at

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Berkey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

motivation can be used to attract more studentsto mathematics.From its very beginnings in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has promoted, at thefoundation of its educational philosophy, the balance between theory and practice. The vision ofWPI’s Founders to emphasize the mutual reinforcement between theory and applications,reflected in the university’s motto “Lehr und Kunst”, is ubiquitous on campus from theundergraduate and graduate curriculum to the university seal and the architectural details of itsbuildings.WPI’s undergraduate curriculum affords a seamless transition from courses to real-worldprojects. In 1971 the WPI Plan pioneered a radical departure from the conventional approachesto engineering education by introducing major projects as

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

of this task has been a stepin the right direction toward engaging students in mathematics used to help solve criticalproblems in applications of interest. Additional tasks are currently under development.For additional information on the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership, please visit:http://www.math.uab.edu/GBMP/.For additional information on the Mathematics Education Collaborative (MEC), please visit:http://mec-math.org/.References[1] Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership, Five-Year Strategic Plan. July 2006.[2] Blue, C. E., Blevins, L. G., Carriere, P., Gabriele, G., Kemnitzer, S. (Group Leader), Rao, V., and Ulsoy, G., “The Engineering Workforce: Current State, Issues, and Recommendations”. Final Report to the

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

performance criteria for the final competition are given in Table 3. The “meets minimumrequirements” criteria is the only design-related assessment available for the final designs fromthe 2006 course. A detailed assessment of the final designs, similar to the assessment during thedesign reviews, was not conducted but is planned for the 2007 teaching of the course.Extrapolating to other design frameworksAt the core of the methods describe in this paper is the idea that students must not only beexposed to a design framework, but must also be capable of using it in their design processes.Consequently, the activities developed for this course were meant to reinforce the convergingdiverging philosophy. While this work has focused on a specific framework

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin O'Connor, University of Rochester; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Derek Seward, University of Rochester; Lisa Perhamus, University of Rochester; Reed Stevens, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Professor in the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at Colorado School of Mines. She is also the Associate Director for CSM's Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop Page 12.1295.1 a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Marcus Jones, Howard University

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

paper describes integration of Tablet PCs into a required first semester freshman yearengineering course called EngE 1024, "Engineering Exploration." Assessment results from in-class clicker-based responses and online course exit surveys are presented to assess theeffectiveness of Tablet PC-based instruction. Problems encountered and plans for futureenhancements are also briefly discussed. A summary table showing Tablet PC related instructionactivities in various other academic programs is also presented.2. EngE 1024, Engineering Exploration – BackgroundEngineering freshmen at COE are required to pass two freshman engineering courses duringtheir 1-year long freshman engineering (also called General Engineering (GE)) program. Thefirst course is

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Hoernecke, Iowa State University; Thad Gillispie, Iowa State University; Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

network.These exercises teach students the importance of preparation and planning as well as allow thedefending team to respond to attacks from the red team by closing security holes and changingdefenses. At the conclusion of the exercise the students are given a debriefing by the red team inwhich the methods used to find security holes, which vulnerabilities were most useful for theattacks, and how to best prevent similar problems in the future are discussed. This allows thestudents to learn which of their security measures were effective and which were not, and alsowhich of the measures made it difficult for the users of the green team to perform their taskssince that would have a real impact on the setup’s feasibility in the real world.Another

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

student laboratories. In the comingmonths we will be deploying the experiments and curricular materials in a context that will allowformal assessment of student learning. We have designed an assessment plan to measure gains instudent learning and to determine whether the laboratory exercises shift students’ attitudestoward laboratory work.Bibliography1. Bilal, N., Kess, H. R. & Adams, D. E. Reversing the Roles of Experiment and Theory in a Roving Laboratory for Undergraduate Students in Mechanical Vibrations. International Journal of Engineering Education 21, 166-177 (2005).2. Flora, J. R. V. & Cooper, A. T. Incorporating inquiry-based laboratory experiment in undergraduate environmental engineering laboratory. Journal of

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the instructor for future planning of courses.However, in terms of outcomes for the students, there are three questions which constitute bettermeasures of what the students actually learned from the course and how valuable this newknowledge is likely to be after the students leave the class. Below are some results for threeindividual questions on the SALG which captured this type of knowledge. [Percentages representonly students responding to the question, not “N/A” responses.]Question: How much of the following (understanding the main concepts) do you think youwill remember and carry with you into other classes or aspects of your life? 2004 2005 2006Average rating

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

recruitment for theengineering school (further studies in this area are planned). Moreover,approximately 80% of the students who have elected to take the course are men. Inthis sense, then, the course appears to have strong appeal to the problematicdisengaged male students who are most at risk in the widening gender imbalance thatis occurring on college campuses throughout the country.23 Related types ofengineering outreach courses could also easily be envisioned: Table 3 provides titlesfor a range of “technological literacy” courses that have been taught nationally—many of which are based out of schools of engineering.Table 3: Examples of courses that provide outreach to non-engineering/science students17, 24 Course title

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

when talking to people B. Change the topic to something else you thought of related to it23. You like to: A. Make plans and stick to them B. Decide things at the last minute, go with the flow, or do what you feel like at the moment24. You like to do A. Art projects in which you follow directions or step-by-step instructions B. Art projects that give you freedom to create what you want25. You like: A. to play music or sing based on written music or what you learned from others B. to create your own music, tunes, or songs26. You like to play or to watch: A. Sports that have step-by-step instructions or rules B. Sports that allow you to move freely without rules27. You

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; John R. Duncan, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

and thisnext semester … if I don’t get this one done, then I am going to be way behind, and this littlechart (course plan) they have worked out for me isn’t going to work.” Two of the switchers citedthat being unable to timely fulfill one of the core prerequisites on their respective prescribedcurriculum plan resulted in them being asked to leave the engineering program. One alreadyknew she was not going to pursue an engineering degree at the time, while the other didn’t knowexactly what she was going to study if she left engineering and later decided to switch tomathematics because staying in mathematics still “used some of the same skills.”Weed-out CoursesSwitchers and persisters alike cited having trouble going through the weed-out courses

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

? • What do you plan to do with your engineering degree? Do you think females have different goals than males? • Female numbers in engineering remain relatively low, and have recently been on the decline in Canada. Why do you think this is the case? How can we attract more women to the field of engineering? • Do you think there are stereotypes about engineering, or about women, that detract women from pursuing engineering? • Do you think the experience as a student is different for males and females? If you could change something about your education as an engineer, what would it Page 12.295.4 • be

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

discusses this in thecontext of how she plans to marry an engineer, so she can “stay with the kids until they go toschool” and then “work part-time until they get out of school.” For Maggie engineering allows aperson, in this case her imagined husband, to earn enough money to allow her, projected as anequally qualified professional engineer, to stay at home with children or work part-time. Theengineering-as-lifestyle perspective is differently shaded here, when compared to the unalloyedversions from Max and Jake, but our interpretation is that it is the same basic belief about theleading value of engineering—that it provides for a high salary and a comfortable lifestyle. Maggie: If I was married with children= Int: =You knew—You knew I was

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Osman Tokhi, University of Sheffield, UK.

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

ofSheffield (UK). The UK and US have a special relationship considering the warm political,diplomatic, historical, and cultural ties and the US being a member nation of theCommonwealth of Nations. Although the US maintains close relationships with othercountries, the level of cooperation in military planning, execution of military operations,nuclear weapon technology sharing, and intelligence sharing between the US and UK areunparalleled 4. Even having this warm relationship, these two countries differ in manyways. Obviously, the educational systems and research infrastructure are also different;with each having its merits and demerits. The paper presents the migration experience, while highlighting the differencesbetween the two

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

development of a codebook for analysis of the ethnographic interview data. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Brittany Claar, Regis University Brittany A. Claar is an undergraduate student at Regis University, studying sociology; she has recently transferred from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a Chemical Engineering student and worked as a Research

Conference Session

Academic Boot Camp

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Bryan Cole, Texas A&M University; Margaret Hobson, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Karan Watson, Texas A&M University; Christine Stanley, Texas A&M Univeristy

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

cumulative grade point average(CGPA). The largest number of students 887, or 76%, completed CBK requirements andprogressed to upper division status in either two or three semesters. These results align with thedegree plans of the five TAMU Engineering majors in this study, which allocate approximatelythree semesters for completion of CBK. Figure 1: Number of Students per Semester Progression to Upper Division Status by Completion of CBK 600 500 477 400 410 300 Number 200

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Benitez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Juan Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Yesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

method Page 12.1159.5Before choosing a strategic teaching method, faculty need to understand the way the brain solvesmost design engineering problems. Within any strategic plan for engineering, various tactics areavailable including design methods such as brainstorming, morphology, evaluations, finiteelement analysis (FEA), features-based modeling, rapid prototyping, etc. But according to Eder,engineering tactics can be applied as learning techniques for anyone.Eder9 also proposed that problems are a constituent part of a design project. The simplestproblems have essentially one solution and are well-characterized by the mathematicalhomework

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 12.1198.4 engineering major throughout their years in the program; Career Exploration Workshops I helps students take career interest inventories, learn about engineering and science careers through guest speakers and discuss financial aid options. Parental activities (such as picnics and workshops) were sponsored to enhance a parent’s ability to 3 monitor their child’s academic performance and assist with college planning; Cultural Awareness is designed to help students embrace and value diversity; and Individualized peer-mentoring between high-achieving University of Pittsburgh students and the 11th-12th grade high school students. Selected University of Pittsburgh upper class

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University Of Minnesota; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

educational development of the undergraduate is the degree to whichthe student is actively engaged or involved in the undergraduate experience. His researchfindings suggested that curricular planning efforts will reap much greater payoffs in terms ofstudents' outcomes if we focus less on formal structure and content and put much more emphasison process, pedagogy, and other features of the delivery system, as well as on the broaderinterpersonal and institutional environment and culture in which learning takes place.Richard Light reached similar conclusions in his intensive interviews with a randomly selectedsample of Harvard undergraduates (interviewed during their first and last year).6 He wrote in thepreface to the Harvard Assessment Seminars

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gypsy Denzine, Northern Arizona University

beexplicitly stated as an important outcome in higher education55-57. Self-regulatory learning isdefined as the self-generation and self-monitoring of thoughts, feelings, and behavior in order toreach a goal48,49,52,58-60. Self-regulated learners tend to set specific learning goals, use a widevariety of learning strategies in order to learn, frequently self-monitor their own learning, assessobstacles that may arise and potentially interfere with their learning, develop plans for sustainingtheir motivation, have a good sense of their emotional makeup and have strategies for managingtheir emotions, and systematically use strategies for evaluating their own progress towards agoal61. In contrast to learning styles models, which posit the learner as less

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

,“learner centered” course. While we did indeed invest a great deal of time and energy thus far tocreate this comprehensive transformation, we believe that the students enjoy materialsengineering to a higher degree, are more involved in their own learning, and score somewhathigher, as a group, on certain classical examination questions. Unfortunately, our sample sizesare still small, but we will continue to build an assessment data base for this course as wecontinue to teach and modify this course. Because the initial assessment data is at leastencouraging, we plan to continue making changes to the course that encourage activeinvolvement of the students in their own learning. Since it is a rare student who has no contactwith or interest in music

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Maria Tahamont, Rowan University

appreciation and futureinterest in the BME field. The pre-class survey asked students to indicate their interest and plans in various BMErelated activities, such as their interest in following popular and academic media on BME topics,their interest in taking other BME related courses, and their interest in future BME careers and/orgraduate school. Their answers were normalized and averaged to obtain a pre-class BME interestfactor. Similar questions were also asked in the post class survey, along with additional questionson whether they felt the class raised their interest, awareness, knowledge and skills in BME. Allanswers were normalized with respect to the number of questions, so that the additionalquestions in the post-class survey would not

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

into their device, as well as any materials necessary tomend device damage incurred during Lesson 3. Following approximately thirty minutes of cali-bration and testing, the students reconvene and attempt one shot at each of two targets spaced anindeterminant distance between five and fifteen feet. The group with the smallest composite targeterror is declared the competition’s winner.Learning Assessment: Given the nature of the project and the duration of the interactive presenta-tion, a group discussion on the results of this project is typically omitted. Likewise, as the students’weekend is filled with other planned activities, homework is not assigned.Unit Assessment: Despite the fact that the control systems unit is the most technical unit

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering